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Powershell sort IP Addresses in txt file

I have a plain text file containing some IPs like this: 194.225.0.0 - 194.225.15.255 194.225.24.0 - 194.225.31.255 62.193.0.0 - 62.193.31.255 195.146.53.128 - 195.146.53.225 217.218.0.0 - 217.219.255.255 195.146.40.0 - 195.146.40.255 85.185.240.128…
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What is the simplest form of Dynamic Parameters?

Trying to get a better understanding of Dynamic Parameters, but something keeps bothering me. All examples I've found across the outer-webs (internet), the parameter attributes are always defined/included. Here's what I'm working with: Function…
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Get all AD computers created after a certain date

I created the script below to find all Unix computers created since a specific date. It doesn't return an error, but it doesn't work either. There is only one date used in the script but both formats have same outcome. Neither date format fails, but…
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Converting to and from Base64 in Powershell 5.1

I've found a couple of resources (including Convert base64 string to file, which is practically a duplicate here since it's one of the resources I used to build this) but I can't seem to get it working. I've got the following code (roughly -…
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PrintOut Code Works On PowerShell v 5.1, But Not On 7.3

I am trying to print parts of several docx files. The code below works in Windows PowerShell 5.1, but not in PowerShell 7.3. I would like to understand why and help updating the code so it works in PowerShell 7.3. $path =…
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Can't find System.Net.Http.HttpClient class

I am trying to create HTTP client with PowerShell. In some places like this and this, it shows that I need to create an object like that: $client = [System.Net.Http.HttpClient]::new() But PowerShell doesn't find any class after System.net.Http.. In…
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How can I use tar and tee in PowerShell to do a read once, write many, raw file copy

I'm using a small laptop to copy video files on location to multiple memory sticks (~8GB). The copy has to be done without supervision once it's started and has to be fast. I've identified a serious boundary to the speed, that when making several…
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Get NTFS Effective Permission on Folder

I am looking into recreating the same results as the the Get-NTFSEffectiveAccess cmdlet provided in the NTFSSecurity module. Unfortunately, I need to re-invent the wheel using just PowerShell (as it's the only thing I know). For the most part, I…
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cmd.exe --> powershell.exe "-File" and "-Command" in the same line

test.ps1 contains: echo ok I have a line in the command prompt (cmd.exe) that needs to call powershell.exe passing both the "-File" option and the "-Command" option. With this wrong syntax: powershell.exe -File "test.ps1" -Command "echo…
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Why does the pipeline not work on converted json objects?

Consider the following code: $data = '[ { "Name": "banana", "Color": "yellow" }, { "Name": "kiwi", "Color": "green" }, { "Name": "apple", "Color": "red" } ]' # Returns 3…
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PowerShell: Import-Module or Add-Type for .NET assemblies?

I'm using PowerShell 5.1, Windows 10 x64. Which of these 2 cmdlets should I use to load .NET assemblies (in particular .NET Framework 4+ assemblies) into PowerShell? What's the core difference between them? I want to load assemblies for accessing…
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Using PowerShell backtick character for snippet execution doesn't work

When I run the backtick (`) command on this snippet: Get-WmiObject win32_service | Where-Object { $_.pathname -notlike "C:\windows\*" -and $_.startmode -eq "auto" -and $_.startname -eq "localsystem"} | Select-Object displayname, ` pathname,…
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ScriptProperty can't access script's cmdlets when invoked as a command

Given code such as this MRE: function Get-One {1} Update-TypeData -TypeName 'Demo' -MemberType 'ScriptProperty' -MemberName 'Test1' -Value {Get-Date} Update-TypeData -TypeName 'Demo' -MemberType 'ScriptProperty' -MemberName 'Test2' -Value…
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Index out of Range exception with null returned from a static function

I get a strange exception on calling a static function that return a null object: Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection. Parameter name: index At H:\test\issue_nullret.ps1:12 char:5 + …
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Can't Install `Az` module in PowerShell 7.3.x

My Windows 11 laptop has two versions of PowerShell installed: 5.1.22621.963 7.3.1 (PowerShell Core) Following MS instructions, I want to install the Az module in PowerShell 7.3, so I use this command: Install-Module -Name Az -Scope CurrentUser…
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